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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1903
Page
1
Baron Kiuchin serves as the Japanese commissioner to the St. Louis fair. The speaker jokes that only an influenza epidemic would help people pronounce the name correctly.
The Navy Department has contracted for two massive armored cruisers named Tennessee and Washington. Each hull will cost more than 4 million dollars and measure about 14 500 tons.
In Philadelphia missionaries and ministers denounce a local firm's announced contract to ship Buddhist idols to Corea as an outrage against religion and decency. The clash highlights tensions over cultural and religious artifacts being transported abroad.
A wedding in New York introduced a novel custom as the bride wore a seven foot gopher snake around her neck, a gift from the groom who serves as assistant curator at the New York Zoological Park.
A man asserts a method to convert soft coal into anthracite at two dollars per ton. Skeptics fear confident invention, yet if proven real he could become a national asset.
Article notes that a Honduran election produced 90 000 votes for the winner while only 50 000 voters are claimed in the republic. It warns that such irregularities are common in well regulated republics and may provoke civil conflict.
A Washington report from the committee on revision of laws notes a grammar change in the penal code bill. Section nine of chapter two shifts the phrase from United States are to United States is to reflect singular agreement.
In a single year export volume to Europe has tripled with 1,008,000 barrels to Liverpool, 274,000 to London, 97,000 to Hamburg and 58,000 to other European ports since September. American apple growers have captured a large foreign market.
Arizona gentlemen heated dynamite in a kitchen oven and achieved complete success. The experimenters were spread across four counties causing their heirs and surviving relatives to question the utility of the investigation.
The St Louis Medical Society held a banquet honoring three city physicians for long careers. Dr Simon Pollok has practiced 68 years, Dr William Johnston 65 years, and Dr William McE Pheeters 62 years, with at least 50 years in St Louis.
The Times reports all European cabinets view the region as critical with fears of early moves possibly leading to an unforeseen struggle. Turkey’s misrule in Macedonia and Macedonian Revolutionary Committee schemes are cited as the triggering causes.
The article notes a daily paper production of 10,000 tons in the country, much of which serves newspaper and book publishers. It highlights rising demand from newspapers due to expanding advertising patronage and the influence of press power, suggesting ink can trigger widespread thought.
The piece traces George 5 Cortelyou’s ascent from White House invitation for stenography to cabinet rank by age 40, noting it as an illustration of the talent tale from the Bible. It highlights his rapid rise and broad expertise across duties.
Ships larger than the Great Eastern are being built and the Cedric, 700 feet long, arrived in New York on its first Atlantic crossing. Officers and passengers praised its steadiness saying it felt like a floating island and a seaside hotel despite heavy winds and high seas.
A digest of action in the Fifty Seventh Congress with the senate passing the sundry civil bill and naval and military academy appropriations. Morgan keeps up opposition to the Panama canal treaty while the house unseats Butler and seats Wagoner after filibuster. Conference reports on Indian, railroad safety, post office, and district bills adopted.
From Washington Mrs Charles W Fairbanks of Indianapolis was reelected president general at the congress of the Daughters of the American Revolution in Washington The anthracite coal strike commission makes progress and nears tentative agreement on key points The DAR was received by President Roosevelt at the White House and the president urged passage of a tariff reduction bill for Philippine products He states in a letter to the Atlanta Constitution that his attitude toward negro appointments will not be swayed by criticism.
Exchanges at leading U S clearing houses totaled 1.814 billion for the week ending the 27th, down 7.0 percent from last year. 211 business failures occurred in the same seven days, down from 215. Milder weather boosted trade as activity remained high. E L Burdick of Buffalo was found dead with a crushed head. Over 2,000 painters and decorators in Pittsburgh struck for higher wages. Boston surgeons used an x ray to study the Korean twins joined by a strip of flesh and concluded they could be separated. Former Congressman Rodney Wallace died in Fitchburg at an unspecified age. General William Farrar Smith, “Baldy Smith,” Civil War figure, died in Philadelphia at 80.
Reports from Greenville Cedar Springs Fort Wayne and Indianapolis describe a hanging for murder a $5000 bank burglary a 102 foot mining shaft fall a union denial a bowling title win a powder works explosion post office robbery strikes and multiple deaths including a deputy sheriff and a train wreck with casualties.
Joseph Mills resigns as president of Earlham College in Richmond Indiana. Professor R Kelly is named his successor. In Montana a Burlington train hold up suspect George Cole pleads guilty and is sentenced to twenty years. Weather turns harsh with blizzards floods and cold winds across the nation. Six drown attempting river crossing at Hickman Kentucky.
Venezuelan authorities charge Germany looted the warship Restaurado before restoration to the government. The Philippines former supreme court chief Mabini swears allegiance to the United States. Mexican millionaire Pedro Alvarado offers 50 million dollars to help pay national debt. Colima volcano eruptions cause widespread panic within 60 miles. Cyclone in Britain and Ireland kills many as Otter capsizes with 30 dead. Chinese troops ambushed by rebels in Yang Ning. revolt spreads to Hunan. Solivia to seek US help to avoid Brazil Acre clash.
The Senate approved the general deficiency appropriation bill and conference reports on multiple bills including fortifications Alaska homestead post office agricultural and immigration. House passed provisions for a Porto Rico delegate and tobacco prize prohibitions. Conference reports on Alaska homestead and fortifications approved.
Western Canada sits on 260 million acres of arable land awaiting the plow. Union veterans to receive pensions raised to 46 dollars. Columbia College gains a health and science department funded by a 250 thousand dollar gift. King Leopold may visit the US after the holidays. Prussia reports 70,829 insane patients across 279 asylums. Mount Melinley in Alaska identified as North America’s highest peak. Nickel Plate Railway increases wages about 7 percent for key crews. Henry R. Emerson elected president of the National Education Association division. French army bill amendment allocates 240 thousand for wine for soldiers. Rock Island gains control of Frisco system, boosting its size. King Edward honors Sir Michael Herbert in Washington. Penn Station tunnel work begins under the East and North rivers into New York City. New York bell boys plot to rob hotels. police uncover networks and wealthier targets. Nebraska House suspends business for Arbor Day memorials honoring J Sterling Morton. Baltimore and Ohio announces 76 mile cutoff through the Alleghenies, costing 20 million dollars.
President Roosevelt defends his southern appointments policy in a letter to Clark Howell of the Constitution. He says he considers local feeling, tests of character and ability, and often appoints across party lines. He notes white and colored appointees and asserts no class or creed bars.
Washington report details James J. Butler of Missouri losing his seat to George C. R. Wagoner amid a Democrat filibuster plan. The piece also notes protests over Reed Smoot’s seating, a Detroit boxing result, and Balkan reform actions under Sultan Abdul Hamid II.
A massive fire in Cincinnati Ohio destroyed more than half of a major city square. Buildings on the north side were ruined while the south side suffered additional losses including several factories. Total damage estimated at 1.5 to 2 million dollars.
Emperor William collaborates with court poet Joseph Lauff on a drama “Under the Helmet” honoring Frederick William of Brandenburg who died in 1688. John Lawrence Toole mocks pretentious wealth with a parish workhouse joke during a disreputable Eccles disguise. A New York soprano imitates Mrs Astor’s fashion, even duplicating her horse gear crest. Mrs Langtry draws envious praise for her complexion amid jokes about her Jersey farm life and seasonal wardrobe.
Dr Flick warns against moving into houses once occupied by consumptives not disinfected and employing consumptive servants. The royal commission on tuberculosis urges strict laws including reporting cases and compulsory confinement. municipal phthisis hospitals funded partly by the state with free care for the very poor. Health Commissioner Lederle of New York prints multilingual leaflets and sends trained nurses to tenement districts to educate and assist affected families.
The article lists superlatives including the largest glaciers as crystalline bodies, Krupp’s 106 ton armor plate rolled at Dusseldorf, and Strophantidia cited as the deadliest poison. It notes a life-size sitter portrait 64 by 33 inches by a Dublin firm, and the UK’s largest estate Glenapp at 8600 acres. It also cites Battle Abbey in Sussex as the most expensive at £200,000.
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